diff --git a/doc/source/install/install-obs.rst b/doc/source/install/install-obs.rst
index f45947c69..81324990b 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/install-obs.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/install-obs.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Install and configure components
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      # mysql -u root -p
+      # mysql
       MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE designate CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
       MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON designate.* TO 'designate'@'localhost' \
       IDENTIFIED BY 'DESIGNATE_DBPASS';
diff --git a/doc/source/install/install-rdo.rst b/doc/source/install/install-rdo.rst
index 1a60c4405..99d9c0bfc 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/install-rdo.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/install-rdo.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Install and configure components
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      # mysql -u root -p
+      # mysql
       MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE designate CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
       MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON designate.* TO 'designate'@'localhost' \
       IDENTIFIED BY 'DESIGNATE_DBPASS';
diff --git a/doc/source/install/install-ubuntu.rst b/doc/source/install/install-ubuntu.rst
index 6d2ac5d45..6596e1366 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/install-ubuntu.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/install-ubuntu.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Install and configure components
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      # mysql -u root -p
+      # mysql
       mysql> CREATE DATABASE designate CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
       mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON designate.* TO 'designate'@'localhost' \
       IDENTIFIED BY 'DESIGNATE_DBPASS';